Chennai: CPM on Tuesday urged Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswamy to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urge him to take steps against a new Sri Lankan law which allegedly went against Indian fishermen.

File image of E Palaniswamy. PTI

Alleging that this law was against Indian fishermen, CPM state secretary R Mutharasan said the legislation had an ulterior motive of nudging Indian fishermen to give up their traditional vocation of fishing.